Originally Posted by
APMechXJ
Cool.. maybe once the deadline passes we will move out of the almighty C Tower and join Eddie B down in Mecca... RG swears it is not going to happen but that is exactly why it will... speaking of RG how long until he leaves 9E to be the Director of Flight Ops for Daddy D... somebody needs to stop the bleeding... $125 million loss from the ATL IROP.. but hey... Ed did say he was sorry.. he tweeted it from the Masters while caddying for Sergio
He wasn't the only one spending the week there while the place imploded apparently. There were several rampies in DTW complaining about forced overtime while the DTW VP schmoozed with them in Augusta.
These fiascos are an accepted part of the Delta model. While their lack of out and back style flying (like NWA used) makes for bigger profits during normal ops, it makes for a nightmare to clean up after an event like this last IROP. You can't simply cancel a bank of flights and pick back up where you left off like basically nothing happened. Everyone, their brother, their cousin, and even late grandma is now out of position and needs to be redirected... not easy to do in half a day.